>>>>> "W" == William T Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
W> Others say that the OS is supposed to include
W> all kinds of other things (user interface, window system, applets,
W> programming libraries, and so on, which are typically provided by
W> the distribution under Linux).
W> The second flavor is typically adhered to by the Microsoft
W> marketing department. The rest of the world follows the first
W> definition.
Um... AmigaOS contained a window system, user interface, applets, and
system tools. MacOS contained a window system, user interface,
applets, and system tools. VMS contains a window system, user
interface, applets, and system tools. SunOS contained a window
system, user interface, applets, and system tools. OSF/1 contains a
window system, user interface, applets, and system tools. IRIX
contains a window system, user interface, applets, and system tools.
AIX contains a window system, user interface, applets, and system
tools. HPUX contains a window system, user interface, applets, and
system tools. Ultrix contained a window system, user interface,
applets, and system tools. ST OS (or whatever the Atari ST OS was
called) contained a window system, user interface, applets, and system
tools. RiscOS contained a window system, user interface, applets, and
system tools. BeOS contains a window system, user interface, applets,
and system tools. Multics contained a user interface, applets, and
system tools. In short, every OS I've ever seen, save MS-DOS (which
doesn't even _claim_ to be an OS, but merely a DOS) contained a user
interface, applets, and system tools.
Considering that you couldn't even DO anything with your linux system
but BOOT without things other than the kernel, how can you claim that
it is an "Operating" system?
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